Bale-tie.



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No. 65|,29s.

(Application filed Dec. 3, 1896.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE DAVID BROWN AND JACOB EDVARD BROWN, OF NEW WASHINGTON, OHIO; SAID JESSE DAVID BROWN ASSIGNOR TO SAID JACOB EDWARD BROWN.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettere Patent No. 651,293, dated June 5, 1900.

Application filed December 3,1896. Serial No. 614,373. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may oon/correr Be it known that we, JESSE DAVID BROWN and JACOB EDWARD BROWN, citizens of the United States, residing at New Washington, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Bale-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to bale-ties, and par` ticularly to a device of wire construction; and one object in view is to provide means for facilitating the engagement of the 4extremities thereof and straining the same to secure the `desired pressure upon the bale, bundle of fodder, sack, or other object to which the tie may be applied.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a tie constructed in accordance with our invention as seen applied to a bundle of fodder, the latter being shown in dotted lines. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views, respectively, of the interlocking extremities of the tie.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor- `responding parts in all the figures of the drawconsisting of Opposite laterally-extending' loops 2, and terminating at the other end in a hook 3,' which is reinforced by doubling the xcontiguous extremity of the blank upon itself.

The extremity of the blank contiguous to the hook 3 after being coiled, as at 4., upon the body portion of the tie is extended laterally and in a plane perpendicular to that of the ears 2a to form a transverse handhold 5.

Formed on the blank at the end contiguous fto the double handhold 2 is a series of spaced lateral projections 6 for engagement by the terminal hook 3, said projections being preferably formed by looped portions of the blank twisted to form a reduced neck 6 and va terminal enlargement or eye 6", whereby the lateral displacement or disengagement of the hook from an engaged projection is prevented by the enlargement or eye of which the plane is disposed perpendicular to the contiguous portion of the body of the tie to extend transversely of the hook when engaged therewith.

The single-loop handhold 5, which is formed on the hooked end of the tie, is on the outer side thereof and is elongated in the direction of the body of the tie to enable the same to be grasped without extending the hand or fingers between the tie and the article to be tied, whereby the device may be drawn as tightly around the article as desired without inconvenience to the operator. Thus in comparing the handholds arranged, respectively, contiguous to the opposite ends of the tie it may be said that the handhold 2 extends laterally in opposite directions, while the handhold 5 extends outwardly or in only a single direction, thus avoiding the obstruction of the inner side of the tie. Furthermore, the earswhich comprise the handhold 2 are each constructed substantially in the same manner as the lateral projections which are provided for the 'engagement of the hook, in that their inner portions contiguous to the body portion of the tie are reduced, while their outer ends are enlarged to form eyes, thus adapting said lateral ears to be engaged by the hook when the tie cannot be drawn in farther than to secure such engagement. In other Words, the terminal handhold 2 is adapted to perform a double function-namely, that of a handhold and also that of a projection for engagement by the hook at the opposite extremity of the tie.

In our improved tie we construct the hookshaped end of the wire with a novel form of handhold within the hook and provide the other end of the wire with a doubly-projecting handhold which may also be used in connection with the hook. Our improved construction of the fastening-wire enables the operator to draw on both ends of the wire to good advantage, because the handholds are so arranged that they can be lirmly grasped without the necessity of inserting the hands between the band or tie and the bale or bundie, and at the same time the hook can be quickly engaged, because it is in a position IOO to project beyond thel handhold or the hook` shaped end of the wire. This construction is especially advantageous when a bale or bundle of large capacity or of a size greater than the length of the tie or band is to be bound together, in doing which considerable eort is required to draw the band sufficiently for the hook to engage with one of the loops or eyes. By ourconstructiomin which the handhold 5 is within the hook-shaped end of the band, it is necessary to draw the band or tie to have the hook engage only with one of the eyes f2a of the handheld, and under these conditions the form and arrangementof the two handholds are especially useful. At the same time the band can be used to good advantage on small bundles, because the hook-shaped end of the wire may be engaged with either of the loops 6b. Our device enables bundles of different sizes to be securely bound together without necessitating thedecreasing of the size of the bundle to accommodate the' band or tie, which course is very objectionable. The hook and handholds 5 are caused by doubling the Wire upon itself and by attaehingthe doubled wire at two points to the main length o1' strand, thus reinforcing both the hook Sand handhold 5 and giving the parts sniiicient strength to stand the strainr Having described our invention, what we claim is- A bale-tie constructed of a single piece of wire provided at one end with a doubled or reinforced hook 3, and having the adjacent terminal of the wire coiled around the main portion at two distinct points and forming a handhold located at an intermediate portion of the Wire at the inner end of the shank of the hook 3, said handhold being bowedout- Ward and lying beyond the plane of the body portion of the wire, that portion of the main wire connecting the ends of the handhold being shorter than the 1atter,whereby the strain on the bale-tie will not affect the form of the handhold and contract the same and pinch the hand, the other end of the wire being doubled upon itself in opposite directions and coiled around the center of such doubled portion to form a transverschandhold at the extremity of the wire, and a portion of the main wire adjacent to the transverse handhold being provided at intervals with twisted intermediate loops adapted to be engaged by the hook 3, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto ailixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JESSE DAVID BROWN. JACOB EDVARD BROWN. Witnesses:

J. F. WALTER, J. F. AsoHBAcHER. 

